Match Report
Arsenal, 4th with 46 points, sat 45 points above Khimik Svetlogorsk (14th, 1). Scoring rates set the scale: Khimik Svetlogorsk 0.46 scored and 2 conceded per game, Arsenal 1.58 and 1.08, with the league averaging 1.42.
Khimik Svetlogorsk entered with three losses in a row. Arsenal had won 11 straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Khimik Svetlogorsk had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Arsenal, 15.
The match was played at Stadyen Chimik in Svietlahorsk (capacity 2,500). The referee was D. Markov, with 56 matches in our database and 1.2 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Khimik Svetlogorsk led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.